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A guide on how to properly benchmark and stress test your PC to check for abnormal performance. Mainly focuses on CPU, GPU, storage, and RAM.

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Quick & Dirty Method

Download the trial version of 3DMark on Steam, run the test. and hit compare results online at the end screen. Look at the graph, if you're in the middle or near it, you're good to go!

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CPU Benchmarking

  • Geekbench: Rapid CPU Benchmark
  • 3DMark (Trial): Tests GPU and CPU back to back with their TimeSpy test. Free if you use the trial (which you should).

CPU Stress Testing

  • Prime95: Extremely taxing on the CPU, much more so than any real world use case. Use for testing stability, especially on overclocks.

GPU Benchmarking

  • 3DMark (Trial): Tests GPU and CPU back to back with their TimeSpy test. Free if you use the trial (which you should).

GPU Stress Testing

  • Furmark: Not much to say other than it cooks your GPU. There's no "score" in the end like Heaven.
  • Unigine Heaven: Can be used as a benchmark but I wouldn't as scores are very difficult to compare. This is due to the various amounts of settings you can choose from, I'd select the "Extreme" preset and move on.

RAM Stress Testing

  • OCCT: Get the personal edition. It can stress test anything but I've found it to be mainly worthwhile for the ram. Go to stability test > memory > do 80% or higher on the memory scale and leave it. Can spit errors within 10 seconds but to be thorough leave it on for a couple hours at 100% memory.

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